Telling Your Story - a podcast by Ben Jackson

May is an important month to me. I got married in May, I started the job I’ve been in for over 10 years now in May but May is also important because it is Mental Health Awareness month. I usually release new episodes of the podcast on Sundays and this episode is dropping on May 31st, the last day of Mental Health Awareness month. That is very intentional because we still have a problem as a country when it comes to talking about mental health and we need to think about and discuss mental health for 12 months a year and not just one. Because most of you will listen to this in June, this is a small step but it is something I can do to keep the dialogue going. We aren’t talking enough about what IS mental health, sharing our stories and reducing the stigma around the subject. So today, I’m going to talk a little bit about Mental Health Awareness Month and then tell my story because one of the best ways to de-stigmatize the subject is to shed light on the fact that most of us will deal with some kind of mental health issue in our lives.  So let’s go…

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